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USS Arcadia (ID # 1605), 1919-1919

USS Arcadia, a 7138-ton (displacement) transport, was
built in 1896-1897 at Belfast, Ireland, as a 5454 gross ton commercial
steamship. In 1914 she was employed under the German flag and,
when World War I broke out in Europe, took refuge in a U.S. port.
Seized when the United States entered the conflict in April 1917,
she was operated during the rest of the war as S.S. Arcadia,
with a Navy armed guard detachment embarked to man her guns. In
January 1919 the ship was transferred to the Navy and placed in
commission as USS Arcadia (ID # 1605). From early February
to mid-September 1919, while assigned to the Atlantic Fleet's
Cruiser and Transport Force, she made five round-trip voyages
between the U.S. East Coast and France, primarily for the purpose
of bringing home U.S. military personnel, but also carrying cargo
in both directions. Arcadia was decommissioned later in
September and returned to the Shipping Board.

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Arcadia (ID # 1605).